What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[fredo]

I was thinking the same, may be a warning the battery is on the last leg. Thank you.

[BMWCurves]

Shawn, AC fan/blower motor?

[ELCID86]

Shawn, AC fan/blower motor?

Yes. Having a bit of trouble with the bottom assembly (white plastic). Need to try it again in the morning.




Thumbs, iPhone, Tapatalk.

[ELCID86]

Got it!


Thumbs, iPhone, Tapatalk.

[ClimRox]

FCABs and steering coupler. I think they are original (72k miles) parts, but they didn't feel too bad. Although, the new ones did feel tighter (no movement at all when I tried to wiggle the bushing).

Bad news: Power steering cooler appears to have sprung a leak.

[BMWCurves]

Got it!


Thumbs, iPhone, Tapatalk.

Love that feeling. I struggled with the upper radiator hose for a good half hour when I did the cooling system overhaul. Came back the next morning and took all of 2 minutes of muscling it on.

I finally got the PASoft Scanner to work (I've never coded a car before). Coded to turn off DRLs, enabled close windows with lock button, lowered service interval indicator, raised speed limit for the doors to auto lock, doors unlock with one click instead of selective, and one-touch close rear windows (I plan to mod the window controllers to make that possible). Feels good!

[wsmeyer]

Yeah I'm loving it so far! I got it from DCT Motorsports (http://www.dctms.com/). Cost was $350 + shipping + $200 core deposit which I will get back once I mail them my old core. As I mentioned over in my project thread, the package I received came from Taiwan, not from California where DCT Motorsports is located. The invoice wasn't from DCT Motorsports either; it was from a "John Leather Co., Ltd" in Taiwan for $100. The listed website is http://www.johnleather.com/default.php?language=en. So it is possible that DCT Motorsports is farming out the labor and materials to a Taiwanese company and pocketing the $250 difference. Doesn't make the wheel worth less to me, but one could try contacting this John Leather Co. directly.

The $100 on the invoice was undoubtedly for customs purposes. I had a friend in Taiwan go visit Johns Leather to check into having a dozen or so done so I could sell them with the benefit of having them in hand. Wasn't enough profit to make it worthwhile.

[BMWCurves]

The $100 on the invoice was undoubtedly for customs purposes. I had a friend in Taiwan go visit Johns Leather to check into having a dozen or so done so I could sell them with the benefit of having them in hand. Wasn't enough profit to make it worthwhile.

Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. Makes sense.

[330i ZHP]

The steering wheel looks great.

Marcus - only two gal tank? Good lord

[330i ZHP]

Tonight's progress. Ran DA w/ 80 over the entire shell (where the da would fit) and can def move forward with light skim in some areas. Nothing major, just random dings or previous grinding marks. Started stripping the eng bay

Alex will be waking sometime in the next few min/hours...














Pickup anyone?